George H.W. Bush apologized Wednesday after an actress claimed he touched her inappropriately four years ago when she met the 93-year-old, wheelchair-bound former U.S. president, the Daily Mail reported.

Bush's office issued the apology after the London newspaper asked for a response to the accusation from actress Heather Lind, who starred in the AMC television series, "Turn: Washington's Spies." Bush did not address Lind's charge that he touched her "from behind," but he said he was sorry he offended her for what Lind called a "dirty joke."

"President Bush would never — under any circumstance — intentionally cause anyone distress, and he most sincerely apologizes if his attempt at humor offended Ms. Lind," Bush's office said.

Lind, in a lengthy Instagram post, said. "'When I got the chance to meet George H. W. Bush four years ago to promote a historical television show I was working on, he sexually assaulted me while I was posing for a similar photo. He didn't shake my hand. He touched me from behind from his wheelchair with his wife Barbara Bush by his side. He told me a dirty joke."

Lind's charge is the latest of dozens of accusations of sexual misconduct from actresses and models against Hollywood movie mogul Harvey Weinstein and other prominent men

George H.W. Bush apologized Wednesday after an actress claimed he touched her inappropriately four years ago when she met the 93-year-old, wheelchair-bound former U.S. president, the Daily Mail reported.